Healthcare Engineer (Energy Manager)
Company: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Location: Durham
Posted on: March 20, 2023
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Job Description:
Summary The position serves as resident and program engineer
consisting of the planning, design, and overseeing of major
healthcare system projects; oversees Professional
Architecture/Engineering (A/E) and Construction contracts to ensure
the contractor is in compliance with all contractual requirements,
healthcare regulations and codes, specifications and schedules are
met in accordance with the government's requirements for VA owned
and leased facilities. Responsibilities The major duties of this
position include, but are not limited to: The incumbent implements
energy conservation initiatives and prepares project submission
documents for cost effective energy conservation retrofit projects.
Works with the operations and maintenance sections to analyze and
improve utility system energy performance. Monitors utility systems
components looking for significant changes in consumption rates or
quantities. Maintains energy consumption and utility billing
related records, analyzes the records to determine energy
consumption trends and prepares monthly energy reports to apprise
Medical Center Management and the VISN of the progress in meeting
energy conservation goals. Conducts HVAC, lighting, building, steam
generation system, domestic hot water and other energy audits using
industry standard energy analysis tools to minimize energy
consumption. Ensures energy aspects of sustainability in facility
construction projects and its operation and maintenance. Maintains
construction specifications and drawings, maintaining technical
reference library of codes, standards, and other regulations.
Performs duties of a Contracting Officer Representative on
professional design and construction projects. Performs other
duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-time; 7:30am - 4:00pm;
Monday - Friday Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a
virtual position. Functional Statement #: 558-03108F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change
of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not
required Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S.
Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registration is
required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in
written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a
probationary period. Subject to background/security investigation.
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online
onboarding process. Participation in the seasonal influenza
vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans
Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Participation in the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a
requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care
Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
Qualifications Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship:
Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to
recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Education.(1) Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or
Architecture. To be acceptable, the curriculum must be from a
school with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology, Engineering Accreditation
Commission (excludes engineering technology) or National Council of
Architectural Registration Boards curriculum. Examples of
acceptable engineering and architectural degrees include, but are
not limited to: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture and
Architectural Engineering. Titles may vary from educational
institutions and change over time; OR (2) Evidence of passing the
Fundamentals of Engineering Examination with a bachelor's degree.
Evidence can be in the form of an Engineering in Training
certificate issued from any State, the District of Columbia, Guam
or Puerto Rico, or test results from the National Council of
Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) identifying a
passing score; OR (3) Evidence of current professional registration
or licensure as a Professional Engineer or Architect. Evidence of
current professional registration or licensure can be from any
State, the District of Columbia, Guam or Puerto Rico. English
Language Proficiency. Healthcare Engineer candidates must be
proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38
U.S.C. - 7403(f). May qualify based on being covered by the
Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification
Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA
employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).
Grandfathering Provision. All individuals employed in VHA in this
occupational series or in another occupational series performing
the duties as described in the qualification standard on the
effective date of this qualification standard, are considered to
have met all the qualification requirements for the grade held
including positive education that is part of the basic requirements
of the occupation. For employees who do not meet all the basic
requirements of this standard, but met the qualifications
applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to the
position, the following provisions apply:(1) Employees may be
reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance
(journey) level or changed to lower grade within the occupation,
but may not be promoted beyond the journeyman level or placed in
supervisory or managerial positions.(2) Employees in an occupation
that requires a licensure/certification/registration only at higher
grade levels must meet the licensure/certification/registration
requirement before they can be promoted to those higher grade
levels.(3) Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior
to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have
their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a
temporary or permanent basis until they fully meet the basic
requirements of the standard.(4) Employees who are converted to
title 38 hybrid status under this provision and subsequently leave
the occupation lose protected status and must meet the full VA
qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of
reentry to the occupation.(5) Employees initially grandfathered
into this occupation, who subsequently obtain additional education
and/or licensure/registration that meet all the basic requirements
of this qualification standard must maintain the required
credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation. GS-13:
Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the next lower
grade, GS-12. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition
to meeting the experience requirements for this grade level, must
fully demonstrate the following KSAs: (a) Knowledge of current and
evolving concepts and principles of general engineering to resolve
novel or obscure problems; extend and modify techniques; develop
new approaches that guide other engineers who solve a variety of
technical problems; and/or apply new, innovative or experimental
advanced engineering theories, developments or practices. (b) Skill
in construction, capital planning and multiple healthcare system
portfolio management inclusive of budget development and tracking.
(c) Skill to collaborate with persons having diverse viewpoints,
goals or objectives to achieve a common understanding of the
problem and a satisfactory solution by justifying, defending,
negotiating or settling controversial and far-reaching matters
through active participation in conferences, meetings or
presentations. (d) Ability to interpret broad guidelines and
exercise considerable judgment and ingenuity in interpreting and
adapting existing guides, developing new and improved hypotheses,
concepts or approaches to previously tested or reported and/or in
developing new policies that advance the organization. (e) Ability
to coordinate and interact with regional facilities, national and
corresponding staff for the implementation and coordination of
policies and program plans to apply prioritization methodologies
that align facilities' capital asset requests and develop
infrastructure options that result in the efficacious use of
regional level capital strategic plans. (f) Ability to adapt and
apply trends in healthcare delivery systems that impact long-term
capital assets (such as aging equipment and physical plants) for
regionally integrated healthcare systems. (g) Ability to consult
and collaborate with all organizational levels in a national
healthcare organization, outside organizations and businesses
regarding both strategic and financial activities of a regional
healthcare organization. (h) Ability to implement and/or sustain a
capital asset and construction program that meets healthcare
facility related standards, codes, policies and regulations
inclusive of state and local codes. References: VA Handbook
5005/150 Part II Appendix G72 Physical Requirements: The work
environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require
normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices,
training rooms, and libraries. The work area is adequately lighted,
heated, and ventilated. The Chief Engineer must also work outdoors
in all types of weather. There may be occasional exposure to
moderate risks or discomforts in storage areas or hazardous waste
sites. The work is primarily sedentary, although some physical
effort may be required, e.g., walking, standing, climbing ladders,
stooping, kneeling, crawling, pushing, balancing, lifting, reaching
during normal project inspection procedures and carrying light
items such as manuals or briefcases, or driving or traveling by
motor vehicle. In addition the position must have good hearing,
eyesight, color and depth perception, and use of all limbs to be
able to perform at an optimum level. Education IMPORTANT: A
transcript must be submitted with your application if you are
basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only
education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions
may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your
education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using
foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send
a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order
to receive credit for that education. For further information,
visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Additional Information Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual
(Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4,
6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years
they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may
qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work
experience or military service experience. This credited service
can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual
leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the
appointment date and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity
announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This
position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive
status. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The
health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not
covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. To ensure
compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction,
which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the
course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no
action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement
pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease
2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a
VA job announcement includes language requiring applicants to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order
14043, that requirement does not currently apply to this Job
Announcement. VA may request information regarding your vaccination
status, if selected, for the purposes of implementing other
workplace safety protocols, such as masking, physical distancing,
testing, travel, and quarantine. If you are unable to apply online
or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view
the following link for information regarding an Alternate
Application.
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